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How do you come down after a run ends?

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Marcus Devlin

17 Feb 2026

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Closed on Sunday. It is Wednesday and I feel like someone unplugged me.

4 replies

  1. Gregor Malinowski

    18 Feb 2026

    Completely normal and almost nobody warns you. Three months of structure and adrenaline stops in one evening.

  2. Curtis Mbadiwe

    18 Feb 2026

    Plan the week after in advance, before you close. Anything. A trip, a project, a class starting. The emptiness is worse when it is unscheduled.

  3. Marguerite Sowande

    29 Mar 2026

    Give it two weeks before you judge how you feel about anything.

  4. Nicole Trahan

    31 Mar 2026

    It gets easier to recognize but not much easier to feel. I have done twenty runs and I still lose a week each time.

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